Women's Pension Equity Act of 1996

Summary

Women's Pension Equity Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for the development of a model: (1) spousal consent form when an election is made to waive a qualified joint and survivor annuity or a qualified preretirement survivor annuity; and (2) qualified domestic relations order. Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to extend the payment of any portion of Tier II Railroad Retirement benefits to surviving former spouses pursuant to divorce agreements. Amends Federal law to provide for a survivor annuity to widows, widowers, and certain former spouses of Federal employees who die after having separated from the service with title to a deferred annuity, but before attaining age for such annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System on the same basis as is currently provided to certain survivors of former Members of Congress. Revises provisions concerning Federal retirement benefits subject to a court order.

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Timeline

1. 14 May 1996

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 14 May 1996

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5005-5007, S5009)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 14 May 1996

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 14 May 1996 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 14 May 1996

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 14 May 1996

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 14 May 1996

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Sponsors

• Sen. Moseley-Braun, Carol [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME-2] · R · Sponsor
• Patty Murray · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Kassebaum, Nancy Landon [R-KS] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Bradley, Bill [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
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